Camera support



C. G. BAILEY CAMERA SUPPORT Jan. 15, 1924. 1,480,651

File pril 17. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 6. 6. Bar ley.

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C.G.BA1EY CAMERA SUPPORT Filed April 17. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 PatentedJan. 15, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES G. BAILEY, OF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAMERA SUPPORT.

Application filed April 17. 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES G. Barnum a citizen of the United States,residing at York. in the county 0t York and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful lnn 'irovements in Camera Pinpports. ofwhich the following is a specitica tion.

My invention relates to means for sup porting a camera and has for itsobject the provision of a support which will firmly hold the can'ieraand will permit it to be readily brought into any desired position asthe exipaaicies oi the. work may require. My camera support is intendedprimarily for use in connection with cameras used in commercial work inwhich it is frequently necessary to tilt the camera as well as to moveit to either side, and the object of my invention is to provide means ofsimple and compact form whereby the camera may be adjusted to anydesired angle in both vertical and horizontal planes. .mothcr object oithe invention is to provide a camera support capable of the statedadjustments which may be very easily secured in any set position.

The invention is illustrated in the acconn panying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective view of my improved camera support;

Fig. 2 is a side ele 'ation. a camera being indicated by dotted linesand a. portion of the upper end of a tripod being shown;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig". 2. the view point being at rightangles to that of Fig. 2;

l icr. 4 is a detail section of the means tor securing the camera to thesupport In carrying out my invention. 1 employ a base 1 which may besecured to the top of a tripod or other support 2 in any ju'elerredmanner. This base late 1 must be rigid and should he o1 suthcient areato prevent contact with the adjusting devices while the operator orother persons may he moving about. Upon the upper side of the base 1 andat the center of the same. I pia e a turntable 3 which a flat circularplate held to the base by overhanging; brackets r. as clearly hown. Thekeepers or brackets 4 are. oi c urse. arranccil c1meentricall} about therenter oi" the turntable so that the table will he held to the baseplate but may he shifted to any desired extent about its own verticalaxis. A set screw 5 is carried by the turntaliile and is adapted to beturned Serial No. 553,545.

home through the same so as to bind upon the base plate 1 and therebysecure the turntable in any set position. Formed integral with orotherwise rigidly connected with th turntable and projecting radiallytherefrom is an arm 6 which is provided with upstand .ing lugs T inwhich is rotatably fitted a screw or threaded rod 8 having a milled head9' at its outer end. The inner end of the screw is prevented, by anyconvenient. means, from. movement through the lug 7 in which it isjournaled so that rotation of the screw will not afiect its positionrelative to the carrying arm 6, and, between the lugs 7, a nut 9 istitted to the screw so that rotation of the screw will effect movementof the nut logitudinally of the carrying arm. To prevent swinging of thenut, a rib or tongue 10 is provided longitudinally upon the arm 6 andthis rib or tongue engages a correspondingly shaped groove in the lowerend of the nut. Disposed parallel with the arm 6 and the sCreW oradjusting rod 8 thereon is a substantially U-shaped frame 11 which hasits intermediate portion disposed between guide lugs 12 rising from theinner extremity of the arm (3 over the turntable. The guiding lugs 12may be equipped with a set screw it so desired, which set screw willbind against the frame 11 and thereby hold it in a set position.Projecting in- Wardly from one side of the frame 11 near the upper endthereof is an arm or bracket 13 and to the inner end of this arm orbracket is pivoted the upper end of a link 14 which has its lower endpivotally attached to the upper end of the nut 9. It will be readilyseen that rotation of the adjusting screw 8 will cause the nut 9 toslide along the arm 6. and this movement will effect a vertical rockingmovement of the frame 11 so that it will be tilted in a vertical planeparallel with the adjusting screw.

The camera-carrying plate 15 may he of any preFeri-ed form anddimensions and it is provided on its under side with dependinsr lugs orcars 16 which are pivotally coin neeted to the upper extremities of theframe or plate 11. The camera-carrying plate will, of course, be causedto -Follow the adjustment o r the plate or frame 11 and will thus hebrought into a horizontal position in one direction or given any desiredinclined position. The pivotal connection between the camera-carryin;plate and the ends oi the frame or plate 11 will permit the camera- InnIll)

carrying plate to be adjusted pivotally at a right angle to thesupporting frame and to effect this pivotal movement of thecameracarrying plate upon the said frame 11, 1 provide an adjustingscrew 17 which is similar in all respects to the adjusting screw 8 butis arranged at a right angle to the latter and is mounted in the lugs 18rising from a carrying arm l9 which is secured to the side of the framell, as shown. A longitudinal rib or tongue 20 is provided upon the arm19 and engages a groove in the lower end of the nut 21, as shown and aswill be readily understood. A link 22 is pivoted to the upper end of thenut 2t and extends upwardly therefrom across the plane of the frame 11and is pivoted to a lug 23 on the under side of the camera-carryingplate. A milled head 24 is provided upon the outer end of the adjustingscrew l7, and it will be readily seen that rotation of the said screwwill effect movement of the nut 21 along the arm 19, and this movementwill be transmitted through the link 22 so as to tilt thecamera-carrying plate about its pivotal connection with the frame 11. Iam thus enabled to set the camera at any desired angle or bring itquickly into a true horizontal plane so that the machine or otherarticle to be photographed may be viewed from any desired point. Variousviews of the object may be taken without shifting the position of thetripod and Without necessitatinggreat. changes in the focus of thecamera. The camera is secured firmly to the plate 15 by av clamping setscrew 23 which is inserted upwardly through the camera-carrying plate toengage in a threaded socket in the camera frame. as will be readilyunderstood.

My camera support is very simple in the construction of its parts, iscompact in its arrangement, may be easily adjusted, and by its use avery quick and accurate setting: of the camera may be accomplished.

Having thus described the invention. what is claimed as new is:

1. In a. camera support, the (ZOI'HblHtLtlOD of a turntable. a carryingarm rigid with and projecting radially from the turntable. acamera-carrying frame arranged over the turntable and having a pendentmember. fixed guides upon the turntable engaging opposite sides of saidpendent member to prevent relative lateral movement of thecamera-carrying frame, and means mounted upon the carrying arm andoperatively con nccted with the camera-carrying frame for angularlyadjusting the said frame and etfecting movement of the pendent memberbetween said guides.

:2. In a camera support. the combination of a turntable, a carrying armrigid with and projecting laterally from the turntable. a nut slidableon said arm, an adjusting srrew rotatably fitted on the arm and engagingsaid nut whereby to adjust the same longitudinally of the arm, acamera-carrying frame arranged over the turntable, and

a link pivoted at one end upon the said nut and at its opposite end tothe camera-carrying frame.

3. In a camera support, the combination of a turntable. a carrying armextending laterally from the turntable. a vertical frame arranged overthe turntable and par allel with the said arm, a camerararrying platesecured to the upper end of the same frame, means for adjusting thecamera-carrying plate pivotallv relative to the frame, a nut slirlablymounted upon the carrying arm, link ionnections between said nut andsaid frame, and means for shifting, the nut lungitudinallv of thecarrying arm.

i. In a camera support. the combination of a turntable, a verticallyarrai'iged frame disposed above the turntable, an arm projc'tingradially from the turntable. a nut slidal lv mounted upon the said arm.means for adjusting the nut longituiilinallv of the arm. a linkcoiu'icrtinu said nut ivith the said frame, a canals-carrying platepivotally connected to the upper ends of the frame, an arm projectinglaterally from the frame. a nut slidahly mounted on said arm. means foradjusting the nut longitudinallv of the arm. and a link connecting saidmat with the earnera-carrying plate.

5. In a camera summit. the comhination of a turntal'ile. a verticalFrame arranged over the turntable. a cameraarrving plate pivotallyconnected to the upper end of said frame. adjusting devi es arranged atri ht angles to each other. one of said devices extending laterally fromthe said vertical frame and the other of said devices being fixed to theturntable and projecting laterally therefrom, operative connectionsbetween the last mentioned adjusting device and the said verticalfran'ieand operative connections between the other adjustin; device andthe oameri-i-rarrying plate.

6. In a camera support. the -omlsiination of a pivotally mountedcamcra-carrving mornhcr. an arm l elovv said member ha vinir lugs risingtherefrom. a nut slidably mounted on the arm between the lugs, anadjusting SClQW rotutnbly titted in the lugs and eugagciil through thenut to effect slidingmovement thereof. and a link pivoted at its lowerend to said nut and at its upper end to the camera-carrying member.wherehv sliding: of the nut Will effect tilting of the camera-carryingmember.

In testimony whereof I afi'ix my signature.

CHARLES G. BAILEY. I'nsl lVi tness M. DECKMAN.

